Always wanted to see this, mainly because my main man Vittorio Storaro lensed this bad boy. I'll definitely check it out if it is cleaned up, since I already have the VHS. I guess I've just been holding out for a proper widescreen release given the quality of the cinematography.

I've also always had something for the Bolkan. There's a sort of weighty elegance to her that sets her apart from her European peers. Even when she's running from a plastic bat in A LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN, she still exudes glamor. As if I needed Kinski for a sale, but since he's here too, all the better. Bring it on!

Footprints on the Moon is considerably more avant-garde than its predecessor. While The Fifth Cord was essentially the work of an experimental crew saddled with a conventional script, this one makes absolutely no attempt to be "normal". Right from the start something seems to be off: there is a sense of distance and artificiality, conveyed by the careful camerawork and set dressing. The washed-out pan and scan transfer of my copy makes it difficult to appreciate the cinematography, but even so Bazzoni and Storaro's fascinating use of angles and geometric architecture is readily evident.

Well as long as the materials that have been tracked down are in good enough nick then SHAM020 will most likely be Footprints which ain't no regular Bava/Argento etc.

As long as materials can be tracked down then some more rarities would be good and whilst 2009 looks very bleak for DVD retail as we've known it there's no shortage of interesting titles that are being weighed-up by a variety of labels I'm working with - including Shameless but I suspect with the current everyone-holding-their-breath to see what happens with the economy that for the next few months there won't be much in the way of announcements on new titles from anyone - I hardly know any labels currently buying films- the Euro is horrible, the dollar not much better and if Zavvi go then that's scary (although the impact on a variety of labels is nil given their stocking of late) but let's see - if there's one thing that is clear from the past few months that is that no one knows anything!

Yes folks, one of the more obscure (and weird) titles will get a DVD release this year:

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Ok - it's going to be Footprints and if you need some proof here's a lovely little teaser trailer put together by Marc Morris. Please note the footage used is not in great nick and the film will look better!

Well I think it only fair people here might get to see the covers we're contemplating and are not locked down by any means.

The left is the front and the right is the reverse.

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Never before released in the world on DVD!

A highly regarded giallo thriller this stars Florinda Bolkan of Shameless s best-selling title Flavia The Heretic plus cult and world cinema favourite Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu). Boasting breath-taking cinematography by Vittorio Storaro (The Last Emperor, Apocalypse Now) the focus of the Shameless release is to produce a release focused on an AV presentation of the film never before thought possible.

Italian filmmaker Luigi Bazzoni (THE FIFTH CORD) directed this stylish and surrealistic giallo thriller reminiscent of such paranoid classics of the form as PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK and ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK. Florinda Bolkan stars as a translator named Alice Cespi, whose life is falling apart due to strange memories from childhood when she was forced to watch a film called 'Footprints On The Moon' involving an unethical experiment in leaving astronauts stranded on the moon's surface. Alice has terrible dreams and begins to become addicted to tranquilizers, desperate to shake surreal visions such as being chased across a beach by fully attired astronauts. The drugs and her deteriorating mental condition cause her to miss work and she is eventually fired, whereupon she travels to a dilapidated former tourist area called Garma after receiving a mysterious postcard. There, she runs into a girl named Paula Burton (Nicoletta Elmi from PROFONDO ROSSO), who tells her that she looks exactly like another woman, Nicole, currently staying at the faded resort. Alice then encounters a series of strange people and circumstances, all leading her closer to unlocking the possibly deadly mystery. Shot by award-winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro (APOCALYPSE NOW), the film is based on Mario Fenelli's novel LAS HUERRAS.

Sounds pretty strange.... I'd probably check this one out as I'm a big fan of the Giallo genre. Is this one a bloodless entry into the cannon? I greatly apprechiated Strip Nude For Your Killer, Death Carries a Cane (gotta love bootlegs), The Bloodstained Shadow and pretty much everything Argento and Fulci put out. However I hated sitting through Black belly of the Turantula, Watch Me When I Kill and on the first viewing i hated The Short Night of Glass Dolls after a second viewing I fell in love with it and now its a favourite.

I was really 50/50 on getting this one but I'm glad I picked it up. The lack of blood and low body count is something that occasionally bores me but story wise the movie is good so I was entertained throughout the whole movie without missing it or anything, it kept me guessing and wondering what I'd find out next instead. The ending was good and is what makes the movie so enjoyably bleak however I will also say that I did find it to be a bit predictable.
Le Orme was priced a little higher than most of the other Shameless title's I've purchased however I think that these releases are a pretty good deal even getting them shipped to the US from Amazon UK.